How to Make Exponents on Keynote

You can present information with equations on your Mac with Keynote.

When you're developing a slideshow presentation on your Mac with Keynote, you can include a slide that has exponents. Part of the iWork applications suite made by Apple, which also includes the Numbers spreadsheet application and the Pages desktop publishing application, Keynote is an application for making slideshow presentations. If you have a mathematical expression that requires an exponent, such as X cubed with a small number “3” located to the upper right of the letter “X,” you need to apply the correct format to your data in Keynote.

Instructions

1. Click “Applications” on your Mac’s Dock, and then click “Keynote.”

2. Open the slideshow presentation containing the slide in which you want to present exponents.

3. Click “Table” on the Keynote toolbar to create a table. A blank table appears, with a default of three rows and three columns for nine cells. Enter different numbers for the rows and columns in the table’s format bar to adjust the number of cells.

4. Type your mathematical data into a cell.

5. Click the cell to select it.

6. Click “Inspector” on the Keynote toolbar.

7. Click the “Table” button.

8. Click the “Format” pull-down menu, and then click “Scientific.” Your exponent is now properly formatted.

9. Click “File” from the Keynote menu, and then click “Save” to save the settings change you made.

References

• Apple: iWork
• Apple: Keynote
• Apple: Keynote ’09 User Guide

Resources

• Apple: Support - Keynote